On January 7th2016, Martelly published in Le Moniteur, the government's official newspaper, the controversial decree to transform Haiti's largest island, La Gonave into a tax haven for individuals, investors, companies, banks, and institutions seeking high level financial services. The ambitious project which must first be approved by Haiti's Legislature, seeks to establish infrastructure for a financial district or center on 10,000 hectares (the size of Manhattan) on La Gonave, an offshore island with 100,000* inhabitants

Following the US invasion of Haiti in 1915, Charlemagne Peralte became the iconic image of the opposition to the American occupation. He earned this status from his unwavering courage and vision. He stood up to the far better armed Americans Marines and wrote to various powerful nations denouncing the human right abuses of the Americans. He envisioned a Haiti free of foreign domination and independent to pursue her own course

The United States occupied Haiti from 1915 until 1934 and justified this occupation by arguing that it had the moral obligation to stabilize the country. Today, the US Department of State office of the Historian puts it this way: “...President Wilson sent the Marines to Haiti to prevent anarchy. In actuality, the act protected U.S. assets in the area...”

The following 3 letters were written in response to misinformation about Vodou among some members of Catholic and Protestant Churches. Special thanks to Margaret Armand for initiating the dialogue and to Marguerite Laurent (Èzili Dantò) for providing the forum for the discussion: